The Quilting Tangler... See what keeps me busy -- quilting, judging, Zentangle art, writing books (I have 13 books published by AQS on quiltmaking, Zentangle Art To Go, and one family cookbook -- Cooking with the Kirklands), my travels, and my favorite hobby - photography... AND what we are doing at the AQS QuiltWeek events.
I am a Certified Quilt Judge, and a Certified Zentangle Teacher®.
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Saturday, February 7, 2009

Power is Back On

Our power came back on Monday night...wow, what a relief. Our home telephone (and Internet) are still down so if we aren't anwering your calls and messages, that's why. You can e-mail me at bbquilter@gmail.com and I can pick that up at the office when I check my messages there.

This week President O'Bama designated our ice storm a Major Disaster, which will allow the cities to get Federal funds to help with the clean-up. The Paducah fire and police have gone door-to-door checking on every household; we live in the county and the National Guard came through our neighborhood. This is the worst natural disaster ever in the state of Kentucky.

Here's a photo to give you an idea of what happened to the utility poles. This pole is located at the corner of the parking lot at the Paducah Expo Center. There are literally thousands of utility poles that have snapped in half, and in this case, thirds. There are 500 utility workers from nine states in town working with our local utility companies to help replace all of those utility lines before they can get power restored.

About half of our staff at AQS still does not have power back on at their homes. Cindy Carrico, our Assistant Show Director, counted 28 broken utility poles between her home in Fancy Farm and Mayfield, Kentucky - a distance of only 10 miles. That shows what a mammoth job these utility workers have to do to restore power. They are saying it will be March before Cindy's home has power again.

All for now...we have power and are warm again, and Tuffy has come out of hiding. GRIN

1 comment:

Our power was restored today. Yesterday they were putting up new poles on our road. Today we took helpers along and got the tree that went through the end of our house cleaned up. Glad your power is back on and hope your internet is back on soon. Best wishes.

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